All of the residential airparks in the state are listed as privately-owned. Eight of the fly-in communities are listed as private use only but five of them are open to the public, according to the information provided by the airpark representatives.Continue readingAirparks in Idaho
The vision is to create a 450-acre dreamscape for plane and horse lovers alike.Continue readingBig South Fork Airpark now open
Is it safe to buy into these properties? Are these safeguards I need to consider before buying? Are Americans treated differently when buying foreign properties?Continue readingQ&A: Non-U.S. airparks
Residential Flying lots are available for $100,000. You can build a fly-in home in this community.Continue readingNew Airpark for Brunswick County
The runway in our fly-in community isn’t a separate legal entity or tax parcel. The lots on either side of the runway go to the center of the runway and each lot owner’s deed provides an easement across their private property for the runway.Continue readingQ&A: Runway legal/tax issues
Georgia counts 27 airparks with three of them currently in planning or under construction. The earliest state facility, Pinewood Airpark, opened in 1967 at Douglasville, GA.Continue readingAirparks info: Georgia
Living on an airpark is a dream for many pilots and aircraft owners, and not just those located in the United States.Continue readingAustralian ‘Airpark dream goes on display’
The hassles of traveling once the plane landed, coupled with the frustration of arriving at airports to discover there was no hangar space available for his pride and joy, set Draves to thinking there had to be a better way.Continue readingGoing ’round in circles with Carousel Condos
Since many (most) airparks are property owner’s associations of some kind or another, and since these associations charge money as dues, and since these dues are used by officers of the association to manage the business of the associations – how often are/should the books of the association be audited?Continue readingQ&A – Auditing association records
We’re having a disagreement about liability insurance for our fly-in community. Some of our property owners want as high a liability policy as we can get. Another group says a minimum about is adequate and the third group says we shouldn’t have any liability insurance for the airpark; each homeowner should just carry his own. What’s the best answer?Continue readingQ&A – Liability insurance
California lays claim to 35 fly-in communities ranging in size from four lots to a reported 2,000 (Rancho Tehama).Continue readingAirparks info: California
Here’s a good article in Plane & Pilot on residential airparks written by James Wynbrandt.Continue readingGood magazine article on residential airparks
My wife and I have looked at several airparks. It’s difficult to know where to begin, and what to look for in an airpark. Continue readingQ&A: First time airpark buyer’s questions
The first of the seven airparks in Arkansas opened in 1962, according to the Living With Your Plane database. It was Valley Airpark at Cotter. Five of the listed developments have lots of an acre or more and the largest project has a total of 72 lots. A couple others have 40 or 45 lots and the others are 30 lots or less.Continue readingInfo on Airparks in Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut & Delaware
The Living With Your Plane Directory of Residential Airparks lists nine Alaska facilities. As you might expect for airparks in our most northern state, seven of the nine airparks report their home lots are more than one acre. Only two indicated they have home lots of less than an acre.Continue readingInformation about Airparks by state